An administrative advantageous of TL 34 million ($887,000) was imposed on two ships discovered to have polluted the Izmit Bay within the northwestern province of Kocaeli, the governor’s workplace has introduced.
During routine inspections on July 6, the governor’s workplace detected {that a} Maltese-flagged vessel named “Ht Warrior” discharged an oil by-product waste within the port positioned within the Körfez district.
Following the workplace’s notification, the Turkish Environment Agency of the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry imposed a sanction of roughly TL 18 million ($469,000) on the vessel.
In one other inspection on July 9 on the port within the Başiskele district, it was decided {that a} Turkish-flagged vessel named “Lisa E” discharged a solvent substance into the ocean. The company imposed a advantageous of roughly TL 16 million ($418,000) on this vessel as effectively.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
